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Car is a 1.4 but says 1.6 on the boot

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  • Ash_McCloud
    Ash_McCloud Posts: 21,412 Forumite
    Chutzpah Haggler
    The 1.6 on the boot is as relevant as you scrawling on a piece of paper that it's a Tornado Fighter Jet and sticking it in the glovebox.
  • arcon5
    arcon5 Posts: 14,099 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Some cars say 'powered by fairy dust' - do you also think the insurance company would use this to get out of a claim?
  • arcon5 wrote: »
    Some cars say 'powered by fairy dust' - do you also think the insurance company would use this to get out of a claim?

    Quite probably.

    Does your car say "powered by fairy dust" arcon5? :D
    Thinking critically since 1996....
  • IMHO Sunflower could be correct...

    Making a car look more powerful than it is and therefore potentially more desirable to thieves COULD be used by the insurer to get out of paying a claim... Ok perhaps less of a risk on the OP's Meriva than say a Citroen Saxo / Vauxhall Corsa but insurance co's don't need much of a reason....

    Is it worth taking the risk?

    As for the "Tornado Fighter Jet" a) it wouldn't be on display to would be thieves and b) anyone woulde know from looking at the car that it wasn't a Tornado... same with "Fairy Dust".
    A big believer in karma, you get what you give :A

    If you find my posts useful, "pay it forward" and help someone else out, that's how places like MSE can be so successful.
  • Wonder what the MPG is on this "Fairy Dust"?
  • malkyh
    malkyh Posts: 1,085 Forumite
    A mate of mines had a 1.2 Nova a long time ago. He had an SR tailgate on it which stated Vauxhall Nova 1.3SR. He had an accident. The insurance assessor 'advised' him to get the 1.3SR part off it pronto.
  • arcon5
    arcon5 Posts: 14,099 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Quite probably.

    Does your car say "powered by fairy dust" arcon5? :D

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